Pressburger, Giorgio, 1937-2017

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פרסבורגר, ג'ורג'ו, 1937-
Name (Latin)
Pressburger, Giorgio, 1937-2017
Other forms of name
Pressburger, Giorgio, 1937-
Date of birth
1937
Place of birth
Budapest (Hungary)
Field of activity
Fiction
Occupation
Novelists
Associated Language
ita
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 113440476
Wikidata: Q1008988
Library of congress: nr 90008252
Sources of Information
  • Alkalmi Látogató, 2024:table of contents (Giorgio Pressburger; born 1937; died 2017; writer, theater director, director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest)
  • His L'elefante verde, 1988:t.p. (Giorgio Pressburger) cover flap (b. Budapest 4-21-37)
  • הפיל הרוק:שער (ג'ורג'ו פרסבורגר)
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Wikipedia description:

Giorgio Pressburger (born Pressburger György; 21 April 1937 in Budapest – 5 October 2017 in Trieste) was an Italian writer of novels and short stories. Born in Budapest to Hungarian Jewish parents and saved from the Holocaust by Giorgio Perlasca, Pressburger settled in Italy in 1956, where he worked as a film and theatre director. He later became the Director of the Institute of Italian Culture in Hungary. His book The Law of White Spaces was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Award in 1992. His other works include the novel Teeth and Spies and the short story collection Snow and Guilt.

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